souly

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊl.i/
• Rhymes: -əʊli

Adjective

souly (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) Soulful; characteristic of soul music.
   • 1997, Robert Stone, A Hall of Mirrors, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 190:

     He's bending over givin' it hell, singing souly music, dig, but he can't break that thing, man, because he ain't equipped.

   • 1999, E. Breitinger, “Heroes of South African History as Operatic Heroes”, in South African Theatre Journal, Taylor & Francis:

     To my liking however, the souly parts seemed artificial, the citation of the African-American musical style sounded rather forced and arty, because it diverted from the main message of […]

   • 2009 November 11, Mike Evans, Ray Charles: Birth of Soul, Omnibus Press, →ISBN:

     Larkin continued: “The band is sparked off by a Fender bass and plenty of souly Lat-Am percussion, and has jetting spirited trumpet and matching saxes. 'I Remember Clifford', 'Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues' and 'Sidewinder' are the most satisfying […]

   • 2013, A Jones, G Martin, “A psychedelic band who could" create fucking havoc", fronted by a bovver boy in a kaftan...”, in Uncut:

     We had a kind of music going on that no-one else was doing, … and put together a few sort of souly riffs and this, that and the […]

   • 1976, Harīśa Trivedī, Uttarākhaṇḍa prakr̥ti thī prabhu --:

     […] in Greenwich Connecticut, to present to us an afternoon of "souly" spiritual music! Black and white together, we all sang to the glory of one God.